Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

A new scoring system using common clinical parameters accurately identifies chronic liver disease patients with a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Whenever you get bloodwork done, you probably don’t know what exactly you’re supposed to be looking at on the sheet (unless you’re a healthcare provider, that is). Glucose, sodium ...

Routine liver function tests (LFTs) typically comprise alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), bilirubin, total protein and albumin – with the optional addition of aspartate ...

Annabelle, an 18-year-old white woman, was referred by her primary care provider to our gastroenterology practice for markedly elevated serum transaminase levels. Her mother and grandmother ...

Chief, Digestive Disease Institute, North Shore University Hospital-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York; Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New ...

Elevated levels of five proteins in our blood can help predict risk of mortality, a new study from the University of Surrey ...